The Placement Admission Process
All admissions to our school follow a comprehensive referral process. All admissions to the school are carefully planned, and each learner is integrated into school life using a transition plan that builds on their current education provision.
We gather as much previous educational history and plans as possible to provide an overview of strategies that have worked. The process is supported by a comprehensive package of baseline and diagnostic assessments, completed by the teaching team in the first few weeks of admission. This information provides the school with a better understanding of the needs and abilities of each learner, allows us to tailor the education on offer to meet these needs, and allows for accurate target setting for SMART IEP targets. This information also provides a
baseline against which continuous progress monitoring and tracking can be measured, allowing a clear picture to develop about how a learner is progressing across their time in the school, and is additional to any summative accreditation they may complete.
Each learner is allocated a key tutor. It is the responsibility of the tutor to support the pastoral needs of the learner. It is theresponsibility of the tutor to support the learner to integrate with his peers within the tutor group, and to ensure that in the first weeks the learner is able to become a valued member of the
school community.
The learner will follow an individualised timetable, learning in a small group setting where differentiation and inclusive practices are the key to helping them to re-engage in their education. Additionally, some learners may need to be in our nurture group whilst transitioning into our school provision if requiring support for particular learning needs or to help them to catch up on gaps in their previous education.